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Built a WOF 8255 1/10 Scale 985 Coors Light for this year's ERCU season. David Newton took these photos. I was making adjustments to the prop thrust angle when it became the Coors "A Little Too" Light. It actually hit and rolled right side up after the splash down. It hit so hard it almost...

Is anyone importing the NR 21 OB? A friend was asking. Thanks, JD

This is the second of a couple of things I will be selling for a model boating friend dealing with serious health issues. The income from this sale will be given to his wife. I completely disassembled this K&B 7.5. Here are my observations: 1. The burn pattern on the top of the cylinder and...

This K&B 67 belonged to a model boating friend dealing with serious(life threatening) health issues. I have no idea how much it has been run. The sleeve, top of the piston, appear ok. Without the glow plug it turns over smoothly and has good compression with the glow plug installed. 2...

We are going to start running P Limited Sport Hydro at District 8 Points races this year. Since I have lots of 1/10 Scale batteries and ESUs, that could be used in a P Limited Sport Hydro, I decided to design and build a hull. The hull is 30" in length with an 8" tunnel width and an overall...

I need to sell some items I no longer plan to use for racing. I am selling this O.S. lower unit with adapter for an electric motor. It has the flex cable coupler and will include a new flex cable. Tower price for a lower unit is something like $270. Not interested in selling just the lower...

I have 2 O.S. TZ 18s that I haven't run in probably 5 years. I know #1 was given to me by Martin Truex, Jr. to run in my Sport 18. Martin sent me 2 O.S. TZs and I'm pretty sure #2 was also given to me. Since the engines were gifts from Martin, I asked him if he would be ok with my selling...

What do you build and race when you accept the fact that the racing skills you possessed at 40 have somewhat diminished at double that age? For me, it has been to build "cute" 30 mph 3S Kneelers. Here is my latest build. JD

A Celebration of Life will be held for Rod next Saturday, March 12 in Mondovi. There will be a brief Military Honors recognition at the Mondovi Funeral Home beginning at 2:30. Following the ceremony at the funeral home, the Celebration of Life will be held at Buzz's Restaurant on the main...

I just heard from a local model boater that Carol Geraghty called him to say Rod had a massive stroke last night. No surgery is planned at this time. Carol said Rod's situation was not good. Rod has not been feeling all that well for some time. Please keep Rod, Carol, his family in your...

I got this motor in exchange for building a ML Boatworks 1/10 scale unlimited kit. I was planning to make a WOF offshore cat for it. Well, sometimes plans change. It is flex cable drive and comes with 2 extra flex cables and a brass prop shaft ferrule. The motor is Himax 1500 kv that I...

My wife and I were walking around the lake where we race model boats and there was a potential new model boater in the area where we stand during races. When I explained we had to cancel our New Year's Day Fun Run because the lake was frozen, he just returned a "frosty" stare. Happy New Year, JD

All the parts are assembled. I am selling 2 K&B 7.5 engines that belong to Frank Ward. Frank was the designer of the Dumas DragN'Fli hydroplanes and also manufactured Wardcraft Deep Vees. Frank retired 5 years ago, built a new house on Duck Lake in Ocean Shores, WA, purchased a lot of model...

If any IW member has one of the Formula 3 Outboards sold by Hobby King or Offshore Electric they would be interested in selling, I would appreciate an opportunity to buy it. I have a couple of projects I'd like to build for this motor, but at the present time they are apparently be produced...

While attempting to "reduce the rubble in my shop," I came across a Dynamite 15/18 pipe I probably used on a 20 Mod Tunnel and a 20 Rear Exhaust Header Pipe. I am asking $10 for either one and that basically covers the cost of shipping. Send me a PM if interested. JD

It is so disheartening to watch what is happening in Seattle right now and what has happened to other cities that have been burned and looted the last few days. It really hits home when the lawlessness and destruction of parts of a beautiful city just 30 miles north of where I live is occurring...

On Sunday morning, May 18 40 years ago , we were conducting a model boat race in Lakewood, Washington. A little after 8:30 we heard a loud boom from the south. A while later someone heard on the radio that Mt. St. Helens had erupted. Several model boaters from the Portland area were...

Although I'm retired and do have a considerable amount of "expendable time," this Stay Home-Stay Safe-The Park Where You Test Your Boats Is Closed" added even more "expendable time." So, like probably many other "IWers" I moved a project off the storage shelf and onto work table. About 7 or...

Yesterday I managed to run over a large rock with our 2003 Audi A4 Convertible. The rock made a small crack in the transmission case where the oil plug is located. The foreign auto repair shop where I have had other work done, said it needs an entire new transmission. According to them, an...

Well, since racing our model boats has been temporarily put on hold for many of us, I thought some reminiscing about a past model boating accomplishment might be appropriate. One of the things I still remember fondly was getting my 50 mph patch back in around 1974/75. The boat was a Dumas...